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Tips for New Managers

Karen Rae Short

As a member of CMC's Faculty since 2001, I've had the pleasure of working with hundreds of "people” managers. Their titles range from Team Leader, Supervisor, Manager to Director or VP, and some were preparing to assume a position as people manager for the first time. In every workshop, there are questions around trying to find out what each member of the team wants from their role, their team members, their manager, their goals/ambitions and motivators.

Over time, I've developed a series of questions that in my own experience have helped me establish a positive working relationship with my own teams. There are some variations on when and how to engage in these discussions, based on the following factors:

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